Near strangulation as a result of hair tourniquet syndrome

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-361

  Chegwidden, Heather J ^a   Poirier, Michael P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HAIR TORNIQUET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; OBSTRUCTION; PETECHIA; RISK; STRANGULATION; SYNDROME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; SYNDROME; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 18444399315     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400413     Document Type: Article

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